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Biden criticizes Elon Musk during his speech and says he was “an illegal worker”

Biden criticizes Elon Musk during his speech and says he was “an illegal worker”

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NEW YORK (AP) — President Biden slammed Elon Musk for his hypocrisy on immigration after a report emerged that the Tesla CEO once worked illegally in the United States. Musk, born in South Africa, denies the accusation.

“That richest man in the world turned out to be an illegal worker here. No, I’m serious. He was supposed to be at school when he arrived on a student visa. I wasn’t at school. He was breaking the law. And you’re talking about all these illegals coming up to us? Biden said while campaigning Saturday in Pittsburgh at a union hall.

The Washington Post reported that Musk worked illegally in the country while on a student visa. The newspaper, citing company documents, former business partners and court documents, said Musk arrived in Palo Alto, California in 1995 for a graduate program at Stanford University “but never enrolled in courses, instead working on his startup”.

Musk wrote on X in response to a video post of Biden’s comments: “I was actually allowed to work in the United States.” Musk added: “Biden’s puppet is lying.”

According to the report, investors in Musk’s company, Zip2, were concerned about the possibility of its founder being deported and gave him a deadline to obtain a work visa. The newspaper also cited a 2005 email from Musk to his Tesla co-founders acknowledging that he was not authorized to be in the United States when he started Zip2.

According to the story, that email was submitted as evidence in a now-closed defamation lawsuit in California and said that Musk had filed an application at Stanford to be able to remain in the country legally.

Musk is today the richest man in the world. He has committed more than $70 million to help Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and other Republican candidates win on Nov. 5, and is one of the party’s biggest donors this campaign season. He has been headlining events in the final stretch of the White House race, often echoing Trump’s dark anti-immigration rhetoric.

Trump has pledged to give Musk a role in his administration if he wins next month.

There was no immediate response to messages left with X and Tesla seeking comment from Musk.

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